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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New Omega Owner!!!

« on: 16 March 2009, 22:23:38 »

Thank you for making me feel welcome!  

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New Omega Owner!!!

« on: 16 March 2009, 21:01:36 »

Hi and welcome to the forum

Sounds like the oil cooler has gone too me

I'll check it out tomorrow, before I go the whole hog and take off the heads. The thing is that there is steam coming out of the exhaust, would this still happen if it was the oil cooler? Sorry for going off at a tangent, this was supposed to be a newbie post...

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New Omega Owner!!!

« on: 16 March 2009, 20:28:26 »

hi mate  welcome to oof . your new car is the same as mine even the colour the reg and its a saloon . but mine is a 2ltr  / not beasty 3ltr. nice looking car enjoy the challenge on your head gasket ?  

I'll try mate  

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New Omega Owner!!!

« on: 16 March 2009, 20:19:59 »

Welcome to OOF I would highly doubt the head gasket has gone, rare as hens teeth unless it was run for a long time overheated, more likely to be the oil cooler.

It's been loosing coolant like you wouldn't believe, the oil filler cap and spout is full of mayo and the oil is like something out of Willy Wonka's factory! The temp gauge never went above 90 so I'm guessing it's the head gasket, I hope it is anyway as the engine is now in pieces  :-/

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Newbie Welcome Area / New Omega Owner!!!

« on: 16 March 2009, 20:10:00 »

Hello everyone,

Just taken ownership of a 1998 Omega 3.0 V6 Elite last week from my Dad who had owned it for the last 7 years.  He always said that when he got a new car he would give me the Omega, and true to his word, he has. I have been after it for years! The only problem is that he had to get a new car through necessity as the head gasket has gone on the Omega, it's just as well I like a challenge!

Anyway, here she is:


Looking forward to getting to know you all and getting some sound advice!

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Omega Gallery / Re: plenum......

« on: 28 April 2009, 12:33:27 »

Looks very nice mate. Dis you do both sides or just the top?

why on earth would you do the bottom!??!?

i don't know, it was hard enough to get the top this shiney  

I'm just curious that's all!!!

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Omega Gallery / Re: plenum......

« on: 25 April 2009, 21:42:00 »

Looks very nice mate. Dis you do both sides or just the top?

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Omega Gallery / Re: She Scrubs Up Well!

« on: 23 April 2009, 23:06:29 »

nice looking mig you have there...
love the contours of a mig in the sun...
 

I know what you mean. The nice weather this week has really shown her at her best. She out shines all the cars in the office carpark!

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Omega Gallery / Re: She Scrubs Up Well!

« on: 13 April 2009, 13:57:16 »

just noticed the comment on the pics , looks like Dad kept her in great shape , a very nice gesture from him to give you the car , what a present  

He did look after her and yes, he is a great dad to have!

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Omega Gallery / Re: She Scrubs Up Well!

« on: 13 April 2009, 13:56:05 »

Well done on your fix!! car looks great, myself and m1ct belive the 3.0 ELITE perface mig's are the best mig's made!!
We have the twin to your's, colour,seats etc.
Maybe you can make it to one of the reading meets be great to see??

Rob

Thank's for the invite, would love to come up and meet some fellow mig nuts. When and how often do you all meet up?

Mark

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Omega Gallery / Re: She Scrubs Up Well!

« on: 13 April 2009, 13:53:07 »

That looks great , mine is the same year but not in as good a condition , grill looks nice as well , good job done there, and yes you do look a proud owner and so you should  

Take care

Dave

She is in very good condition but there are some areas of bodywork that do need sorting out, which will all be done in time, as for the grill, it was on the car when my dad bought it 8 years ago. Apparently is was a Vauxhall Directors car when new so had a few added extra bits included.

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Omega Gallery / She Scrubs Up Well!

« on: 13 April 2009, 13:24:56 »

Now that my mig is all fixed and working well I thought I would give it a quick wash and wax and took some pics to show her off. I hope you like it!







The guy in the background is my Dad, he is her pervious owner and I am so grateful that he has given it to me....





Do I look like a proud owner?

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General Discussion Area / Re: MOT Failure!

« on: 30 March 2009, 20:23:06 »

Imagine my little temper trantrum when my MV6 failed on an AIR FRESHENER              


And, no, I still ain't rather well over it yet  

Do you ever tell what type you failed on had hanging?
Magic tree ?  :-/  
   

This little tinker

Nice leaf type thing.  

Nice? Nice? That rather pointless piece of shit caused my rather car to fail MOT  


[size=8]Think nice thoughts, don't get angry. Beaches, sea, calm...[/size]

Sorry mate, was just after a bite, and it worked!  

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General Discussion Area / Re: MOT Failure!

« on: 30 March 2009, 20:10:34 »

Imagine my little temper trantrum when my MV6 failed on an AIR FRESHENER              


And, no, I still ain't rather well over it yet  

Do you ever tell what type you failed on had hanging?
Magic tree ?  :-/  
   

This little tinker

Nice leaf type thing.  

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General Discussion Area / Re: MOT Failure!

« on: 30 March 2009, 19:56:05 »

Took the Mig in for it's MOT today and they failed it on the n/s washer jet which was just dribbling out and the rear number plate, apparently it had delaminated! I couldn't believe it, how picky can you get!  

However, within 30 mins I had been to my local auto factors and had some new plates made up and while they were being done I popped home and cleared the washer jet with my air line..... all sorted and MOT passed!  

did you have to pay for retest

No mate, it was free, to be honest they didn't even really look at it. They could see that I had new plates on so that was good enough for them I guess.